Lidia Matticchio Bastianich

Lidia Bastianich is the author of three previous books: La
Cucina di Lidia and the best-selling Lidia’s Italian Table
and Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen–also the names of her
nationally syndicated public television series. She is the
owner of the very successful New York City restaurant
Felidia, as well as Becco, Esca, and Lidia’s in Pittsburgh
and Kansas City, and she gives lectures on Italian cuisine
throughout the country. She lives on Long Island in New
York.